Replacement electric shower head time.

Nov 10, 2020 Last reply: 5 years ago 2 Replies

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Harry Bloomfield, Esq. 5 years ago

Our shower hose has just begun leaking so I have ordered a replacement, but the head is looking rather tired too, so probably time that was replaced too.

Present head is one of those with a selector for the spray mode, which is never bothered with and has those rubberised nipple supposed to make it easy to simply run a thumb over them to clear the lime scale build up, except they eventually become rigid.

Anyone got a recommendation for a basic shower head, for use with a mains pressure electric shower, which doesn't have the rubber nipples, yet can be stripped down to to clean out lime scale?

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David 5 years ago

No, but I do find the rubber nipples irritating.

For a few years they are great (although we have a water softener so don't need to clear lime scale) then they go hard and start squirting off in all directions and you have to junk the head.

[Those with dirty minds are no doubt already choking on their lager.]

I can't recall seeing a shower head without them recently.

Cheers

Dave R

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Fredxx 5 years ago

Going hard must take years. How old is it? Nothing lasts forever.

I find they are very effective and the occasional maintenance in situ, whilst having a shower, is very little trouble.

Ah, I don't have a softener.

I have and the shower head was pretty blocked with nothing you could do about it.

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